#Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

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Surviving Police Violence on Mother's Day

Something some of y'all may not know about me is that my father was killed by the police in my hometown.

That was in 2009 and I still have nightmares about the police on occasion. It happened to me again this morning. It was overwhelming. I don't pretend like I live with it well, but I've been living with this since I was 19 years old. The only thing that has changed is I am more patient and kind to myself when it overwhelms me.

I've also learned that the Lord will be with me in those moments, which I saw again this morning. As I was somewhere between sleep and consciousness, I began singing How Firm a Foundation in my head. It has been my comfort hymn for a long time. I woke up with the words still fresh in my mind, reciting them to myself on repeat as I got ready for church.

I ended up sitting down in front of my mother's mirror and staring at my reflection for a while. The person I've become looks so much stronger and calmer than I feel in moments like these. I sat there thinking about the journey to now and so many of the things that have happened to me along the way.

My father didn't deserve to be hunted to death like an animal by the police. I don't know that anyone does. And if there is someone for whom that is truly necessary, no one gets there without being profoundly failed and betrayed by society many times over before that.

That's how I feel. That's what's written as the epitaph on the headstone of my father in my mind. And I ended up at that headstone on Mother's Day against my choosing. Possibly because the issues I have with my mother are even more painful at the moment.

It took a lot of mental effort to get myself off the floor and into the car to go to church. Experience has taught me that asking nicely is the best way. I sang How Firm a Foundation the whole way there.

I needed the sacrament. I needed the speakers who spoke. One of them observed that the last thing Jesus did before he died was to make sure he took care of his mother before he died. The Atonement wasn't finished until she was cared for. And it was in that moment that I considered that Jesus died from police violence. He understands what I carry, as does Mary of Bethlehem and so many of the other women from that earliest generation of Saints.

I needed Relief Society. I needed to be surrounded by women who have survived and overcome so much. I needed the reminder that none of us are alone in anything we face when we have God and each other.

The lesson was on becoming spiritually whole while we wait for spiritual healing, as taught by Camille Johnson in general conference. This is what it means to be a disciple. I found that wholeness today when I needed it because I went to church.

I don't like Mother's Day or Father's Day because my family is the reason I need so much healing. I went today anyway because I needed my Savior. And the feeling that was impressed so firmly upon my soul is that the Church is my family. That's who I can celebrate during days like these. I have more family than I know what to do with and they care about me. That's who I can celebrate on Mother's Day and Father's Day.

[brothermouse]

Sunday Doodle 5/11/25

Today’s Sunday doodle is a scene from the Mormon Missionary isekai short story I wrote. Since it's so short, the story itself is below the cut.

For the short story I changed the title, taking out the “most powerful” part, since there’s not any huge shows of divine power that a longer version of the story would have.

Help! I Only Wanted To Preach The Gospel! Not Become A Cleric In Another World!

Klaw, a level 12 Thief of the Beastman tribe, tried to move unseen through the streets of the City of Riches. Unfortunately, his traveling companion made that very difficult.

His ears folded back in annoyance. There were many things about Elder Flinders that made him unbearable. Like most humans, he was as subtle as a sledgehammer. Worse than that, the man was insane. He called himself an Elder despite being so young. He also claimed to have come from another world called Saint George, Utah, where he was a missionary for something he called “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”. Being a missionary for a church would have made him a Cleric a hundred years ago. That was before the Gods had abandoned Elithrea. No one had even claimed to be a cleric in over eighty years.

It would have been easy to dismiss this lunatic except...

Klaw was dying when they met. Flinders had placed his hands on Klaw's head. There was a gentle glow, a rush of warmth and where a blade had once opened his stomach only a faint scar remained. Crazy or not, Flinders had power and had saved his life. Maybe he was just a mage gone mad. Not uncommon, but mages were more likely to think they were god than to worship one. Regardless, Klaw owed this mad “cleric” his life. For that reason he kept him around. Plus, only Flinders was mad enough to join him on this impossible quest.

“So... do you have a plan for getting this Immortal Scroll thing or...?” Elder Flinders asked, shattering the silence.

“No,” He told Elder Flinders with a sigh, “I don’t have a plan. For the last thousand years we've tried everything to get the Immortal Scroll of my people out of this city’s treasury; bargaining, bribery, theft, even legitimately buying it back. Each time we’ve been beaten back and rebuffed. The Treasurer once stole our collateral and chased us out of the city-why are you smiling?”

Elder Flinders’ face had a stupid grin. “This reminds me of a story in the Book of Mormon!”

“Of course it does.” Klaw sighed. Flinders was always going on about stories from his holy books. Klaw had tried to read one of Flinders’ copies of the book only to find it written in an incomprehensible language. For all he knew, Flinders made up the stories on the spot. Nevertheless, Klaw chose to humour him. “What story does it remind you of?”

Flinders bounced with excitement. “Okay, so there’s this prophet named Nephi- wait, back up, there’s this prophet named Lehi, who’s Nephi’s dad and he was commanded to take his family out of Jerusalem. Uh, Jerusalem is-”

“A big important city, you’ve mentioned it before, get on with it.”

“Right, so when they left they forgot to grab the Brass Plates, which had the scriptures on them, so Lehi told his sons to go back and get them from a wicked man named Laban.”

“Uh-huh. And I’ll bet they just so happened to try the same things as my people did, right?” Flinders’ stories were getting predictable.

Flinders nodded. “Yeah! But none of them worked. So Nephi went into the city, and he didn’t have a plan either. He just trusted that God would open the way to him and then he came across-” Flinders suddenly stopped with a troubled look on his face. “Hey, Klaw? Maybe we should just head back. I don’t want to have to kill a guy.”

“Then don’t. Where’s this story going?”

Flinders didn't answer, continuing to look troubled. Klaw knew he would regret the next thing he said, but he also knew it would help Flinders. “Do you want to pray about it?” Flinders was always praying to his God. Klaw had never heard an answer, but Flinders insisted they came. Regardless it always made the missionary perk up, and this time was no exception. “Yeah! Let's pray about it!” Flinders closed his eyes, folded his arms and bowed his head, Klaw leaned against a wall and kept his eyes wide open, looking out for danger.

“Dear Heavenly Father,” Flinders began, “We thank thee for all that thou hast done for us, for the blessings and help thou hast given. We ask thee that thou wilt guide us to where we should go and what we should do to help Klaw get back the artifact that is so important to his people.” he paused for a moment, then quickly wrapped it up in a single breath, “and also please don't make us have to kill anyone-in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.”

Klaw rolled his eyes at that last part. Flinders, on the other hand, opened his eyes, stood still, and stared down a dark side street.

“Hey, Klaw?” He pointed down the filthy alley, “I think we should go this way.”

Klaw turned and opened his mouth to argue but... it wasn't like he had any better plan. The two followed the dark street, with Flinders picking out the turns. Just as the sun was finally setting they came across an empty lot. In the fading light their eyes were drawn to a glint of metal and a splash of color.

At their feet was a sword, richly made with glittering jewels, some of which sparkled with magical energy. Clearly it belonged to someone of great wealth and power.

On the other side of the lot someone moved. Someone with fine robes and a wine reddened face who Klaw knew and hated. The Treasurer of the City of Riches, the one man who had the power to return the relic on a whim.

Flinders picked up the sword. The color drained from his face as he turned to Klaw, “I specifically prayed for this not to happen.”

Klaw shrugged, “Don't look at me, cleric. This was your God's plan.”

[gettingsoaked]

Saw a post on Twitter saying "Honestly, mormonism should probably be considered part of western esotericism moreso than it is considered part of protestantism." This is on the right track. I wouldn't consider Mormonism to be part of Protestantism, or even part of Christianity. I have said for a long time that I consider Mormonism to have Christian roots but not be Christian, the same way Christianity has Jewish roots but isn't Jewish.

Re: Mormonism and esotericism, magic was a big part of the early Mormon worldview - the young Joseph Smith's scrying and money-digging is well known. Oliver Cowdery and Heber C Kimble both used divining rods. Joseph carried a Jupiter talisman and Hyrum Smith owned a Mars dagger. Joseph Smith, his father, brother, and several other important early Mormon leaders were all Freemasons and Masonic lore and ritual had a direct influence on Latter-day Saint temple building and worship. Many older temples are decorated with Masonic symbols.

[nottskyler]

According to my LDS Temple Calendar, today is the 128th anniversary of when fasting occurred regularly on the first Sunday of the month. So happy first Sunday fast Sunday day!

[askamemberofthechurch]

If you're Christians, why do people call you "Mormons"?

The nickname "Mormon" comes from our use of the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ as scripture in addition to the Bible. Sadly, it was a name that was originally used as a slur by people who didn't understand (or didn't want to understand) the true nature of the Book of Mormon or the true nature of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ("The Correct Name of the Church").

The Church tried to reclaim the nickname for a while about twenty years ago to make it easier for people to look up online, but still only as a nickname, and never changed the name of the Church- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. However, it seemed like this reclaiming of the nickname only brought more confusion, so in 2018, the current prophet and President of the Church Russel M. Nelson gave a talk announcing we would no longer use "Mormon" as a descriptor for the Church or its people. As he said in the talk, "...We are not Mormon’s disciples. We are the Lord’s disciples." ("The Correct Name of the Church").

So, long story short- The incorrect nickname "Mormon" comes from our use of The Book of Mormon, which is scripture in addition to the Bible that testifies of Jesus Christ, and we are actually Christians because we worship and love Jesus Christ as our Savior, and do our best to follow Him!

[tastethebloodofmeatthawsmoth]

breakdown of Mormon mythology:

Everyone who has ever lived or will ever live began as the literal spirit children of heavenly parents - God the Father ("Heavenly Father" in Mormon parlance) and his wife or wives. The essential "intelligence" of these spirits, like matter, is uncreated and eternal, but the spirits are created by marital union between the heavenly parents. These spirit children were happy, but in order to advance to the next level of power and start families of their own, they had to pass through a probationary period in order to receive physical bodies.

In order to do this, a meeting was called in Heaven in order to plan out the world we currently live in. Two plans were presented for this new world, one by the pre-mortal Jesus, then known as Jehovah, the eldest of Heavenly Father's spirit children, and his brother, Lucifer. Lucifer suggested taking away humanity's freedom of choice and making himself the savior of this new world. Jesus suggested giving humanity "agency" (a major term in the Mormon lexicon), as on other worlds. The ensuing conflict caused a war to break out in Heaven, in which Lucifer convinced 1/3rd of the spirits destined for Earth to join him. Thus Lucifer became the devil, and his followers the demons, forever denied bodies of flesh and bone. Heavenly Father, alias Elohim, then created the world with the assistance of Jehovah and the archangel Michael, the pre-mortal Adam. Adam and Eve started the human race, as most of you know, and everyone who has ever lived since then was someone who made the choice to come to earth to receive a physical body and hopefully return to Heavenly Father, achieve the highest level of power, and eventually start their own universe after this probationary period. Mormons are a bit cagey about this, but Mormonism is a polytheistic religion - there are thousands, millions, maybe even billions of gods out there. Gods in Mormon mythology are sort of like dads. Dads are everywhere, you may eventually become a dad yourself, but you only have one. The cycle will continue forever. Mormons believe that Jesus was the first-born of God's spirit children, but also have their own gross take on the virgin birth. They believe God literally traveled to Earth and physically impregnated Mary; hence Jesus is referred to as "first begotten in the spirit and only begotten in the flesh." Mormon theology says that Jesus atoned for humanity's sins, not only on the cross, but in the garden of Gethsemane. After his death and resurrection, Jesus traveled to the Americas to preach to the American Indians, who Mormons believe are actually the descendants of ancient Israelites, and established his church in the Americas as he did in Palestine. Eventually all of the righteous, white Nephites were exterminated by the dark-skinned Lamanites, but not before they recorded their history on gold plates that were buried by the last living Nephite, Moroni, in what is today upstate New York. Many years later, Moroni, as an angel, visited the young prophet Joseph Smith and revealed the location of these plates, which would eventually become the Book of Mormon. And that's why we're here today. If any current or former Latter-day Saints, or anyone who simply knows more about this than me has any comments or corrections, I'd like to hear them. This is practice for me writing my book about Mormonism.

[rabbitcruiser]

Five hundred Mormons left Iowa City for the Mormon Trail on June 9, 1856.

[bestseasonsoflife]

Christmas Lights at the Mormon Temple 2023-5 by Amaury Laporte

[thecagedsong]

Just had my Sunday School lesson for teenagers go off the rails in the best way possible.

The lesson was the entirety of the last supper. My plan was to frame the events before the Garden in a "what would you do with your 'last' day/this is what Christ did with his 'last' day"

We were reading through the hints Christ was giving to tell Judas that Christ knew what he was going to do and wasn't going to stop Judas, which incidentally set the apostles into a fit of self-reflection, when a boy asked.

"Why did Christ let Judas become an apostle then, even if they were planning on capturing Christ anyway, why let someone be so close if they were just going to betray him?"

I AM SO GLAD YOU ASKED!!!

They struggled for a bit. Maybe because he did more good as a follower than evil as a betrayer? Maybe to make the story more dramatic and memorable?

Then one kid said there wasn't a point to Judas' story except don't betray Christ because he didn't feel guilty. (Good kid, good parents that read scriptures and have gospel discussions with him and his sister, usually knows the stories better than the rest of class, pleasure to teach him something)

Another kid corrected him and said he felt so guilty he hung himself.

(Sister of the one kid with the good family was shocked and aghast, hadn't remembered that part)

I explained how Judas's story is recorded (running out of time to read). And I asked them what could Judas have done.

All my usual smartypants were stumped. He died, he tried to give back the silver, and wasn't he going to hell anyway, that's what the apostles made is sound like and what the Catholics teach.

I said, "That's not what Christ said, remember when we talked about Christ washing their feet, and how you need him? What did Christ say he should have done?"

Kids thinking it over

Then a kid that was quiet the whole class, only reading when called upon, said "Repent"

I could see them get it. The good kid actually said "Wait, the atonement covers even betraying Christ?" despite hearing about how the atonement covered everything his entire life.

Yes, even that. The whole lesson made me so happy. I hope these kids remember it, I sure will.

[askamemberofthechurch]

This is such a good point- please please please do not fall into the trap of dehumanizing or putting anyone down in order to make yourself feel better and special!

But I also need to say that Mormons (Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) don't believe that there is a "class of impressive people that secretly did everything cool in the world but is now extinct and lives on through your broken genome"!

Just like many Christians, we believe that everyone lived with God before coming to Earth- there are many scriptures in the Bible that reference this. For example, Job 38:4-7 (where God is talking to Job) says:

4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; 7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

(God is saying that the sons of God were with Him when He laid the foundations of the earth)

and Ephesians 1:3-4 says:

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

(Paul is saying that we existed before the foundation of the world)

What is so great about many Christian beliefs (including the Gospel as taught in the restored Church of Jesus Christ!) is that we believe everyone on Earth not only lived with God before they came here, but has the possibility to return to live with Him again because of Jesus Christ and His actions as our Savior! So it's actually the exact opposite- no one is special in that we think there are only pre-ordained people who will succeed- Christ's redeeming sacrifice is there for all of us!

Also, I hope no one thinks that members of the Church of Jesus Christ are comparable to Nazis. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its members are against any ideology that dehumanizes any of the children of God. God loves all of His children (aka everyone who exists, has existed, and will exist), and wants them to follow the commandment and example set by Jesus Christ by loving God and loving others (Matthew 22:36-40, Mark 12: 30-31, Doctrine & Covenants 59: 5-6), which is completely the opposite of the tenants of Nazism.

Please let me know if there are any questions!

i don't care if it's nazis, mormons, or a bunch of misguided autistic people. if anyone ever tries to tell you your soul is from another planet and you're actually part of the class of impressive people that secretly did everything cool in the world but is now extinct and lives on through your broken genome, you RUN. YOU WILL RUN AWAY. YOU WILL SPRINT FULL SPEED AWAY FROM THAT.

[fandfnews]

Faith & AI: Navigating the Intersection of Religion and Artificial Intelligence

In a world where technology transforms every facet of life, the convergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and faith offers a rich field for exploration. On Wednesday, 2 April 2025, the European Union in collaboration with the International Affairs Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is hosting a breakfast roundtable event titled “Faith & AI: Religious Organizations in the…

[mindfulldsliving]

Apostolic Christianity Restored: How the LDS Church Revives Christ's Original Teachings

What if the Christianity practiced today wasn’t quite what Christ Himself established? For many, this idea sparks curiosity. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints answers this question by claiming to restore the original Apostolic Christianity, complete with Christ’s teachings, ordinances, and priesthood authority. Grounded in scripture and revelation, this restoration offers a…

[gettingsoaked]

Mormonism 101

One of the reasons for this project is that Mormonism, through its global missionary program, shows like South Park and the Book of Mormon musical, and the music of Donny Osmond, is a very visible religion, yet at the same time its basic tenets, beliefs, and practices are almost totally unknown to anyone except initiates. Most people are aware of Mormons, but couldn't tell you much about the religion. So what is Mormonism? Let's start with terminology. While "Mormon" and "Mormonism" are well-established, people who are usually called Mormons are actually members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "Mormon" is a nickname or exonym drawn from the religion's principle scripture, the Book of Mormon. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the official name of what to most people is "the Mormon Church." The term "Mormon" is discouraged, as is the abbreviation LDS. Official Church sources stress that the full name should be used whenever possible, but suggest using the abbreviations, “Church of Jesus Christ” or “Christ’s Church,” which seem more to me like ambiguous theopolitical statements than useful short forms. Apologies to any LDS readers, but I'll be using "Mormon," "Latter-day Saint," and "LDS" more or less interchangeably.

Mormonism is a Christian restorationist denomination, which means that Mormons believe their religion is a restoration of primitive (in the sense of first or original) Christianity. Mormonism is a Christian religion to the extent that its central figure is Jesus Christ, but has several major differences from mainstream Christianity, which we'll get to in later posts. (I personally believe that Mormonism originates in Christianity, but is not Christian in the same way that Christianity originated from Judaism but isn't Jewish.) The Church was founded by Joseph Smith, Jr, who hailed from upstate New York and is regarded by believers as a prophet similar to the way Jews & Christians view Moses or Muslims view Muhammad. Smith had visions from the spirit world telling him to organize his own church, as all Christian creeds were an abomination in the eyes of God, and leading him to a new volume of scripture, the Book of Mormon, written by some of the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas on golden plates, and buried on the Hill Cumorah. Smith allegedly translated this record, the Book of Mormon, through the gift and power of God. The Bible, the Book of Mormon, a collection of Smith and other Latter-day prophets' revelations called the Doctrine and Covenants, and The Pearl of Great Price, consisting of some excerpts from Smith's revision of the Bible and other ephemera, constitute the open Latter-day Saint scriptural canon. After Smith's assassination, his successor Brigham Young led the Mormons to Utah, and eventually the religion grew to become a global faith. The Church is headed by a president that adherents consider a modern prophet, seer, and revelator, and they consider themselves the only true, authorized church on earth today. They have many distinctive teachings on the nature of God, the afterlife, health and diet, finances, and other matters that I plan to cover in future posts. (Any corrections are always welcome, but I think this is pretty accurate!)

[nottskyler]

Once upon a time, there was a kingdom called Nathan. The people lived happily together for the most part, but there were occasional issues between the non-Christian and Christian populations. One day, a Christian advisor named Saul was appointed to the King.

Saul had seen a non-Christian use the Christian bathroom (they were divided such because at the time of the founding of the kingdom, the non-Christians preferred squat toilets). He was severely offended that the great name of Christianity was defiled. He presented a proposition to the King that made using the wrong restroom illegal. In order for this proposal to become a decree, they had to agree upon a definition of Christian, and, as happened many times before in history, the acceptance of the Nicene Creed was the determining factor. Then the decree was declared in all corners of the kingdom.

The members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (to be abbreviated as Mormon for that was how the common Christian of Nathan viewed them) were appalled by this declaration for this excluded them from the definition of Christian and they had been using the Christian bathrooms ever since establishing the first branch there fifty years ago. Some complied, others filed a lawsuit against the decree and it was put on hold until it could come to trial.

The trial came. The Mormons showed evidence that they had been using the restrooms without incident for years, that using the non-Christian restroom made a mockery of their faith in Jesus Christ, and that it would be better to distinguish between porcelain thrones and squat toilets than by religion. But the courtroom acted as if they never heard a single one of their arguments when Saul took the stand and spoke to the Christian court that Christians were good people who promised to do no harm and any time a non-Christian like these Mormons stepped foot in the bathrooms the Christians were in danger. It was best to leave the non-Christians to harm each other in the non-Christian bathroom. The court didn’t allow the Mormons another rebuttal where they were sure that proving that illegal acts are still illegal whether or not it happens in the bathroom would help their case. The court held the law as just and the decree took effect immediately.

A group of Mormons staged a sit-in, where they sang songs about Christ while occupying the Christian bathrooms. They were immediately imprisoned if they refused to write a public notice in agreement of the Nicene Creed. Those who failed to do so, which was the majority of the protestors, were thrown in jail and fed a poison because it was nicknamed Mormon-feed.

Mormons had to feel like they were denying their faith by going into the non-Christian bathroom every time they were in public or hide their identity as members of the Church and go into the Christian bathrooms and hope to not get caught. They felt uncomfortable staying in public for they remembered how quickly they were rejected by their fellow Christians. Also, they didn’t want to use any restroom where they would be risking prison or denying their faith.

But the persecution didn’t stop there. Another decree came that made it illegal to proselyte non-Christian faiths. Another that banned any declaration of belonging to a non-Christian religion in public where children might see or hear. Another closed the Mormon Church buildings. Another made it a crime to exist in public as a Mormon. And they never recognized the Mormon faith as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

This didn’t stop the true believers and there were still converts in this dark time. For people are drawn to truth even when it is rejected by society. But they couldn’t hold jobs, were lonely, and many died in prison due to the poison.

Oh what a wicked kingdom, you declare in response to this story. Except this is your kingdom and the United States. For this is a tale like unto Nathan’s to King David. “Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.” Matthew 25:45

[askamemberofthechurch]

Hello!

I'm Ames, and I'm a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! Welcome!

This is not an official blog of the Church of Jesus Christ, but I am an official member! I set up this blog because I have recently seen a lot of misunderstandings about the Church of Jesus Christ and what we its members believe, so I thought I'd set this up to clarify! This blog will be just for discussion, not debate- I'm not trying to win anything, just explain what we believe and why we believe it. You are of course welcome to disagree; no hard feelings! As one of the explanations of our church states, "We claim the privilege of worshipping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, when, or what they may." (Articles of Faith 11)

This blog supports and will discuss the doctrine of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ and its policies. Any answers I have that do not have references to either scriptures, policies, or official teachings from the leaders of the church will be marked as "Speculation", although I will do my best to keep my speculation aligned to the teachings of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

You may have heard us referred to as "Mormons" or the "LDS Church", which are both incorrect nicknames, but I understand- "A Member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" is quite a mouthful! So, I refer you to the official style guide on how to refer to us:

When a shortened reference is needed, the terms "the Church" or the "Church of Jesus Christ" are encouraged. The "restored Church of Jesus Christ" is also accurate and encouraged.

But why does this matter? It's commonly misunderstood that members of the Church of Jesus Christ are not Christian, but that couldn't be further from the truth. So, by reminding people of the full name of the Church, we hope to get rid of this misconception.

Please feel free to ask anything! I won't respond to questions in bad faith or post hate- this isn't a victim/I'm so righteous look at these mean people who are persecuting me blog, but a place for clarification and information, so I will do my best!

I hope to have this be a place where both members (including me!) and people who aren't members can be brought closer to Christ. I believe in Jesus Christ- that He is the Son of God, born of Mary, who taught His Father's words and performed miracles, who suffered for our sins, died on the cross, and was resurrected on the third day. I believe that He restored His church after it had fallen away, despite the best efforts of its members to be faithful, and that He restored His church through Joseph Smith, and still gives revelation on how to lead His church through living prophets today. I believe that the Bible is the Word of God as far as it is translated correctly, and that the Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ and His Divinity, and is an example of His love and proof of the restoration of His gospel. I believe with all my heart that Jesus Christ loves everyone on this earth individually, even me.

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[jolikmc-thoughts]

Today I Learned™

The founding members of The Aquabats! are Mormon.

Oh, and Mr. Jacobs' dad was kind of a big deal. So, that's neat.